Jeremiah 6:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? See, their ears are closed; they cannot listen. The word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ To whom shall I [Jeremiah] speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised [never brought into covenant with God or consecrated to His service], and they cannot hear or obey. Behold, the word of the Lord has become to them a reproach and the object of their scorn; they have no delight in it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ To whom can I speak and warn? How can I get someone’s attention? Their ears are shut tight, so they won’t hear. They are ashamed of the LORD’s word and take no pleasure in it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ To whom shall I speak? And to whom shall I testify, that he may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised and they cannot hear, Behold, the word of the Lord is become unto them a reproach: and they will not receive it.

Jeremiah 6:10 Cross References

Psalm 1:2

but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.

Psalm 119:16

I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

Psalm 119:174

I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.

Psalm 119:24

Your decrees are my delight; they are my counselors.

Psalm 119:35

Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.

Psalm 119:70

Their hearts are thick like fat, but I delight in your law.

Psalm 119:77

Let your mercy come to me, that I may live, for your law is my delight.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

Exodus 6:12

But Moses spoke to the Lord, “The Israelites have not listened to me; why should Pharaoh listen to me, poor speaker that I am?”

Isaiah 42:20

He sees many things, but he does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Jeremiah 35:13

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Can you not learn a lesson and obey my words? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Jeremiah 7:13

And now, because you have done all these things, says the Lord, and when I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,

Jeremiah 7:26

yet they did not listen to me or pay attention, but they stiffened their necks. They did worse than their ancestors did.

Jeremiah 9:26

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all those with shaved temples who live in the desert. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me, because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.

Ezekiel 33:3

and if the sentinel sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people,

Ezekiel 33:9

But if you warn the wicked to turn from their ways and they do not turn from their ways, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

Amos 7:10

Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the very center of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Luke 11:45

One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us, too.”

Luke 20:19

When the scribes and chief priests realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,

Deuteronomy 29:4

But to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.

Colossians 1:28

It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.